On Tuesday, June 10th, President Obama will sign into law a bill to award the Borinqueneers the Congressional Gold Medal. The news came in a… Read More »A Congressional Gold Medal for the Borinqueneers: A Team Effort
Misión Estadista, part of Puerto Rico’s Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP), joined with Puerto Rican military veterans last month to educate U.S. legislators on issues related… Read More »Veterans Speak Out for Statehood
What does it sound like when history is made? When the Borinqueneers – Puerto Rico’s famous 65th Infantry Regiment – received approval from the Senate… Read More »Honoring the Borinqueneers: Legislation Awaits Presidential Signature
On Monday, the House of Representative will consider H.R. 1726, legislation Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR) co-authored with Congressman Bill Posey (R-FL) to award he Congressional Gold Medal… Read More »Recognition for the Borinqueneers at Last
Some 10 members of the Puerto Rico Pro-Statehood Veterans Commission, a group of Puerto Rican veterans, are visiting congressional offices this week to deliver a… Read More »Puerto Rico Veterans to U.S. Officials: We Fought for Democracy Abroad; We Want it at Home
Horacio Rivero was born in 1910 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, just six years before the people of Puerto Rico accepted U.S. citizenship. He graduated third… Read More »Admiral Horacio Rivero: Puerto Rico’s First Navy Admiral
The first military unit in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico was established on March 2, 1899, less than a year after the July 25,… Read More »Early Puerto Rican Military Leadership: Teófilo Marxuach and WWI
Carmen Garcia Rosado was one of the first women to join the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) in World War II. She was a member of… Read More »Carmen Garcia Rosado: Soldier and Activist
Members of the Illinois National Guard Special Forces Unit and the Puerto Rico National Guard trained together at Camp Santiago in Salinas, Puerto Rico earlier… Read More »Language, Culture and Military Training
